Anybody who has been keeping snakes a while should know what I am talking about.

I've read some pretty extensive articles detailing ways to build a better water bowl that will take disposable liners so you don't have to scrub the crust out of the things. I like my old ceramic bowls - that crust just annoys me.

I kinda stumbled onto something the other day though. I've always used soap & water and a steel wool or something like it to battle the water bowl crust. The other day I tried using vinegar - just plain white vinegar, the cheap stuff from "WallyWorld" - and the crust comes off EASY! I still have to scrub, but I don't have to work at it too long. I've even gotten all of the old bad spots out of bowls that have been in use for a decade or so by doing this.

I think if somebody tells me they already knew all about this, I might cry - I have spent way too many hours srubbing water bowls over the years!

Has anybody found anything better? Does anybody really know what that crust is??

Let's hear it!

~Rebecca
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0.1 Dumeril's Boa '04 (Courtney)
0.2 American Pit Bull Terriers (40lb darling lap dogs:Brandy&Mara)
1.2 Ball Pythons

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• ...that crust in the water bowl - amarilrose, Wed Nov 15 20:41:39 2006
• RE: ...that crust in the water bowl - blowitch, Wed Nov 15 21:30:39 2006
• RE: not the tap - amarilrose, Wed Nov 15 21:37:29 2006
• RE: not the tap - hoot, Wed Nov 15 23:23:39 2006
• Oh but it IS your tap - Aviansinoil, Wed Nov 15 23:27:16 2006
• Calcium phosphate - rwoodyer, Thu Nov 16 00:20:06 2006
• RE: Calcium phosphate - morphed, Thu Nov 16 07:44:38 2006
• RE: Calcium phosphate - jyohe, Thu Nov 16 16:31:15 2006
• RE: Calcium phosphate - morphed, Fri Nov 17 07:52:14 2006
• Distilled water............ - Brandon Osborne, Thu Nov 16 10:35:39 2006
• Use Lime-Away.......n/p - spenden, Thu Nov 16 09:20:33 2006
• RE: ...that crust in the water bowl - Melinda666, Thu Nov 16 14:50:22 2006
• RE: ...that crust in the water bowl - jfmoore, Thu Nov 16 18:03:25 2006